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Lou
Novikoff		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 12, 1915 in Usa, AZ, GLENDALE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 27 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 29 CIN NL $ 1,135,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 30 CIN NL $ 1,135,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 31 CIN NL $ 1,135,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 32 CIN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 33 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 34 BRK NL $ 540,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,135,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1942 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1943 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1944 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1945 29 CIN NL $ 1,135,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1946 30 CIN NL $ 1,135,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1947 31 CIN NL $ 1,135,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1948 32 CIN NL     7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 9
1949 33 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 9
1950 34 BRK NL $ 540,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,135,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 29 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.4
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.4
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .333 .000 .333
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0   .500 .500 .500 1.000
Home 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 25 CIN NL 85 238 25 69 12 4 4 26 0 0 9 10 .290 .312 .424 .736 29.0 4.0
    AAA   54 223 28 65 9 0 4 21 3 2 17 17 .291 .342 .386 .727 28.8  
1942 26 CIN NL 86 260 33 90 14 3 3 38 0 0 14 9 .346 .382 .458 .840 36.6 7.7
1943 27 CIN NL 95 239 34 78 11 1 7 37 0 0 17 13 .326 .370 .469 .838 38.2 7.5
1944 28 CIN NL 95 249 35 69 10 0 7 35 0 0 12 10 .277 .309 .402 .711 30.0 4.6
1945 29 CIN NL 61 168 19 45 7 0 2 11 1 1 12 6 .268 .317 .345 .662 17.6 2.5
1946 30 CIN NL 34 89 9 28 2 0 1 10 0 0 7 4 .315 .365 .371 .735 11.5 1.8
1947 31 AAA   136 544 89 180 32 6 11 79 8 8 47 31 .331 .384 .472 .857 90.5  
1948 32 AAA   136 541 72 151 24 7 11 74 3 7 47 36 .279 .337 .410 .747 71.7  
1949 33 CIN NL 66 233 20 60 9 1 1 21 0 0 8 25 .258 .284 .318 .602 20.4 1.4
1950 34 BRK NL 84 255 16 64 9 0 1 26 0 1 16 32 .251 .300 .298 .598 21.5 1.2
8 Years Sim 606 1731 191 503 74 9 26 204 1 2 95 109 .291 .328 .389 .717 204.8 30.6
3 Years AAA 326 1308 189 396 65 13 26 174 14 17 111 84 .303 .355 .432 .787 191.0  
162 Game Average 462 51 134 19 2 6 54 0 0 25 29 .291 .328 .389 .717 54.8  
Career Highs 95 260 35 90 14 4 7 38 1 1 17 32 .346 .382 .469 .840 38.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   402 41 109 13 2 8 55 0 1 11 31 .271 .289 .373 .662 41.3
vs LH   1329 150 394 61 7 18 149 1 1 84 78 .296 .339 .394 .733 169.8
Home 301 842 85 225 30 4 12 88 0 1 45 64 .267 .304 .355 .659 88.3
Away 305 889 106 278 44 5 14 116 1 1 50 45 .313 .351 .421 .771 122.7
RISP   404 0 124 18 2 6 163 0 0 25 35 .307 .343 .406 .748 54.3
Pinch Hitting   147 12 44 4 0 4 27 0 1 4 9 .299 .316 .408 .724 17.8
Close/Late   186 15 55 5 1 4 24 0 0 5 9 .296 .313 .398 .710 22.0
Mar/Apr 103 298 25 78 8 1 2 27 0 1 15 16 .262 .296 .315 .612 26.8
May 108 297 35 82 10 1 4 32 0 1 21 21 .276 .328 .357 .685 33.7
June 112 327 43 104 19 0 6 46 1 0 21 26 .318 .359 .431 .790 47.7
July 105 305 33 92 17 3 3 33 0 0 16 10 .302 .334 .407 .741 39.2
August 100 290 27 80 11 4 5 41 0 0 10 21 .276 .301 .393 .694 32.5
Sep/Oct 78 214 28 67 9 0 6 25 0 0 12 15 .313 .350 .439 .789 31.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 25 CIN NL LF 36 35 301.0 81 1 2 0 .976 2.45   1.3
    RF 32 16 171.3 40 1 1 0 .976 2.15    
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1942 26 CIN NL RF 37 28 262.7 66 2 0 1 1.000 2.33   1.3
    LF 34 28 256.0 67 1 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1943 27 CIN NL RF 61 49 434.3 126 1 0 1 1.000 2.63   1.5
    LF 7 3 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1944 28 CIN NL RF 53 50 418.0 112 2 0 0 1.000 2.45   1.4
    LF 21 13 126.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1945 29 CIN NL RF 52 51 426.7 108 1 0 0 1.000 2.30   1.4
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 30 CIN NL RF 23 23 186.0 48 4 0 2 1.000 2.52   1.1
    LF 4 2 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1949 33 CIN NL RF 57 56 438.7 97 4 0 2 1.000 2.07   1.1
1950 34 BRK NL RF 76 72 593.3 122 2 0 2 1.000 1.88   0.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 391 345 2931.0 719 17 1 8 .999 2.26   8.7
  LF 104 81 740.0 195 2 2 0 .990 2.40   1.3
  CF 3 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   499 426 3676.0 917 19 3 8 .997 2.29   10.0
Career Highs   77 72 595.3 143 4 3 2 1.000 2.66    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 26 CIN NL 6 18 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .389 .599
1943 27 CIN NL 8 30 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .250 .267 .517
1944 28 CIN NL 10 34 3 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 .353 .405 .412 .817
1945 29 CIN NL 5 16 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .375 .610
Career Post-Season Batting 29 98 8 24 3 1 2 11 0 0 7 3 .245 .295 .357 .652
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Wes Schulmerich (978)
  2. Dave Marshall (973)
  3. Jesus Alou (963)
  4. Terry Moore (962)
  5. Johnny Mokan (962)
  6. Jim Small (960)
  7. Tito Landrum (959)
  8. Marty Callaghan (959)
  9. Tom Oliver (958)
  10. Chick Fullis (956)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/1/1941, off Murry Dickson (PIT)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,000 through salary arbitration
Earned first career win on 9/28/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,000 through salary arbitration
10/19/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Injured on 6/2/1948 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/31/1949 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/18/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $540,000 per year
 
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